Improvement in gate-hangers



N. H. SHERRILL.

GATE-HANGER.

No. 193,559, Patented July 24,1877.

ZKLZJ. l zzferzan NATHANIEL H. SHERRILL, OF LE ROY, NEW YORK.

`IMPROV'ENIEN'l INy GATE-HANGERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 193,559, dated July 24, 1877; application filed December 29, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NATHANIEL H. SHER- RILL, of Le Roy, in the county of Genesee y and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement iu Gate- Hangers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompa- 'nying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation of my improved hanger applied to a gate-post, and showing the upper rail of the gate resting therein. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the hanger with the top removed from place. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the hanger in line a: :v of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an elevation of a farm-gate, arranged iu my improved manner.

My improvement relates to that class of farmgates which slide half-way back and then swing around at right angles to open the passage-way. The upper rail usually slides through a pivoted hanger. This hanger is usually made in a single piece, with four closed sides, or else is made with an open top or side.v If made in the form of a closed loop, it has tobe inserted over the upper rail before thev gate is nailed together, and it then cannot be removed without tearing the gate apart.

If made open topped or sided the gate is liable to be thrown from its bearing in running back, especially when obstructed by snow and ice.

To obviate these objections my invention consists in constructing the hanger in two parts, the first (which is the body) having a.

closed body with an open top, and the last (which is the cover) havin ga box-shaped body, which lits removably over the open ends of the lirst. By this means the hanger may be applied or removed from the gate after the latter is nailed together, as hereinafter more fully described.

A represents the post at the head Aof the gate; B is the body of the hanger 5 and B is the cap or cover. When these parts are iitted together,as shown in Fig. 1, they form aclosed loop, through which passes theupper rail C of the gate. The hanger is pivoted in hinges D D, securely bolted to the post, and whenin place said hinges hold the cap upon the body and prevent any separation of said parts.

The upper hinge has double pintles b b, either of which lits through a hole in the cap or cover. The lower hinge has a socket, c, in which rests a journal, d, of the hanger, the socket also serving as an oil-box.

By the means above described the hinges are made right and left. rlhe base of the lower hinge is made forked to lit the angle of the post, which standscorner-wise.

The open ends a a of the body of the hanger are square, and t in the correspondingly square interior of the box, by which means great strength is secured, and no loose action can occur.

g g are ways on the inner side of the hanger, having grooves h h, in which rest the journals z'iof the anged rollerE. The ways extend but part-way up, so that the roller can be inserted or removed at pleasure without taking oft' the cover B'. The upper rail C of the gate passes through the hanger and rests upon the roller, and is formed in T shape in cross-section, so that while the bottom rests and rolls upon the roller, the upper portion fills thev space between the sides ofthe hanger, which keeps it in place. 4.

I am aware that loops are well known for hanging gates in this manner; but, so far as I am aware, they are cast with four solid .closed sides, or are left open at the top. When made solid they have to be fitted over the upper rail before the gate is nailed together, and then cannot be removed. If made opentopped the gate is liable to be thrown oli' in run.- ning back, especially when obstructed with snow and ice.

By constructing the hangerin two parts, as above described, the hanger can be applied and removed after the gate is built, and it presents all the advantages ot' a closed hanger, being strong, substantial, and costing no more in manufacture than the old style.

Having thus described my invention, I do not claim, broadly, a closed hanger, nor a hanger made in two parts; nor do I claim a hanger made open at the top or side to receive the rail. Neither do l claim a roller or 'FFICE pulley having journals thereon resting in open the rail of the gate after the gate is built, as seats of the hanger 5 but l shown and described, and for thepurpose spec- What I claim herein as new is iiied.

The hanger consisting of the two Yparts B In witness whereof I have hereunto signed and B', the rst forming the body, constructed my name in the presence of two subscribing vvl'lith open ends a a and seats h h, to receive witnesses. l tejournals of the pulley, and the last constructed in the form of a cap or box, tting NATHANIEL H' bHERRILL' over and inclosing the top of the other, the Witnesses: whole forming a closed loop, but separable in l R. F. OSGOOD, its parte, to be inserted on or removed from JACOB SPAHN. 

